HMAS Waterhen
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There have been one ship and one shore establishment in the Royal Australian Navy
(RAN) named HMAS Waterhen. The first ship originally served under the name HMS Waterhen with the Royal Navy
(RN), and a second British ship of the name was ordered but later cancelled.
was a V and W class destroyer
commissioned into the RN in 1918. She was transferred to the RAN in 1933, and served until her loss from dive bomber attack on 29 June 1941. was a modified Black Swan class sloop was ordered in 1944, but was cancelled in November 1945. is a shore establishment based in Sydney, used as the headquarters of the RAN's Mine Warfare and Clearance Diving Group. The base was commissioned in 1962 and is operating as of 2011.
Royal Australian Navy
The Royal Australian Navy is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. Following the Federation of Australia in 1901, the ships and resources of the separate colonial navies were integrated into a national force: the Commonwealth Naval Forces...
(RAN) named HMAS Waterhen. The first ship originally served under the name HMS Waterhen with the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
(RN), and a second British ship of the name was ordered but later cancelled.
was a V and W class destroyer
V and W class destroyer
The V and W class was an amalgam of six similar classes of destroyer built for the Royal Navy under the War Emergency Programme of the First World War and generally treated as one class...
commissioned into the RN in 1918. She was transferred to the RAN in 1933, and served until her loss from dive bomber attack on 29 June 1941. was a modified Black Swan class sloop was ordered in 1944, but was cancelled in November 1945. is a shore establishment based in Sydney, used as the headquarters of the RAN's Mine Warfare and Clearance Diving Group. The base was commissioned in 1962 and is operating as of 2011.
Battle honours
Three battle honours have been awarded to ships named HMAS Waterhen:- Libya 1940–41
- GreeceBattle of GreeceThe Battle of Greece is the common name for the invasion and conquest of Greece by Nazi Germany in April 1941. Greece was supported by British Commonwealth forces, while the Germans' Axis allies Italy and Bulgaria played secondary roles...
1941 - CreteBattle of CreteThe Battle of Crete was a battle during World War II on the Greek island of Crete. It began on the morning of 20 May 1941, when Nazi Germany launched an airborne invasion of Crete under the code-name Unternehmen Merkur...
1941